Kristin L. Silvani

Kristin Silvani, learning specialist, equity lead, joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in 2001. Drawn to the Foundation’s focus on increasing access to healthcare and advancing equity, she views her role as helping to facilitate continuous learning to improve the skill, knowledge, and effectiveness of RWJF’s workforce. As she puts it: “she want to make knowledge and learning accessible to all staff, across the board. When she all have expanded knowledge, she can do the best work together to advance health equity nationwide.”

Kristin also serves as an equity lead for RWJF’s Equity Leadership Group (ELG). Launched in 2021, the ELG seeks to create equitable access to opportunities and resources at RWJF, and to provide staff with opportunities for input into the group’s evolving equity work. The backbone of the Foundation’s equity plan, the ELG seeks to align RWJF’s internal culture to its organizational mission and values, with equity and inclusion forming an integral part of the cultural foundation upon which the organization is built.

Previously, Kristin served as an RWJF production coordinator and co-created an RWJF series called “Healthy Debates: A Space for Civic Dialogue,” which has the goal of modeling and encouraging healthy debate and dialogue within the Foundation.